Chapter 259: Shooting
Hollywood, the center of the world film industry, the birthplace of global fashion, and the center of the global music industry, is regarded as a holy place in the hearts of countless entertainment lovers and related industry workers.
The original Hollywood was founded by real estate businessman Harvey. Wilcox and his wife build a small town that has nothing to do with the movie.
Until 1907, director Francis. Burgess led his film crew to Los Angeles to shoot The Count of Monte Cristo. They found that Los Angeles' natural beauty, abundant light, and favorable climate made it an excellent natural location for filming.
However, filmmakers did not notice Hollywood at this time, and three years later, in the early 1910s, director David Brown, one of the founders of the United States Company, was not aware of Hollywood. Griffith was sent to the West Coast by Bioglaf Films, Inc. to make a movie, and he took Lillian with him. Gish, Mary. Bi Kefu and other actors came to Los Angeles. Ready to find a good place to shoot and settle down, I headed north from Los Angeles to a welcoming little town in Hollywood.
Bioglaf found that the conditions were good, so they made several films here before returning to New York.
Gradually, many people in the film industry knew about the treasure of Hollywood, and more and more film crews came to Hollywood, and the great transfer of the American film industry to Hollywood began, and Hollywood began to make great strides towards becoming the world's film capital.
This is somewhat similar to the development trajectory of Hengdian Film and Television Base, but unlike Hengdian Film and Television Base, although Hollywood is a whole, the specific shooting locations are operated separately. Like Universal Pictures, Paramount Pictures, and Disney Studios, they all have their own movie parks or studios. Among them, Universal Studios and Disneyland are world-famous. It is closely linked to the tourism industry.
In addition, large public television stations such as the one have their own studios, and the facilities in them are not inferior to those of film companies.
And the main filming location of "Hurricane Rescue" is also here, but this does not mean that filming in Hollywood is filmed in Hollywood, Hollywood says that it is not big or small, and where to shoot is not a simple sentence can be decided.
Lin Yuquan and the director of the director team and the art director Danti. Ferretti and photographer Vare. Pfister spent a day inspecting various studios in Hollywood, and after some consideration, the CBS studio was chosen. The reason why it is not the larger and more famous Universal Studios Hollywood is because Universal Studios has too many visitors, so as not to affect the filming, not to mention the specific communication with CBS, most of the scenes in "Hurricane Rescue" will be filmed here in the CBS studio, including all the interior scenes.
The time was on the morning of March 28, in a large studio on CBS, the entire crew of "Hurricane Rescue" was busy, the crew arranged the set of the set, and the actors made up their makeup.
And Lin Yuquan is also doing the final inspection, and the details determine success or failure. There is no room for sloppiness in the filming of the movie, and a small mistake can have immeasurable consequences.
Bruce Lee's son Li Guohao during the filming of "The Crow". Because the prop master accidentally loaded the real bullet into the prop gun, Li Guohao was shot in the abdomen and died of excessive blood loss at the age of 28, which is a pity.
Steven. Spielberg was filming the movie "Yin Yang Demon World", because the demolition team failed to control the blasting, an accident occurred during the blasting, the bomb fragments flew up and blew off the tail of the helicopter, the helicopter fell, and the three actors on board died on the spot, including two young actors who were only a few years old.
Last year, "007: Casino Royale" caused a huge fire in the pinewood studio in Buckinghamshire, England, because of the careless operation of an electric welder, which burned the props and sets set up by the 007 film crew at a huge cost for the film, with a loss of more than 20 million pounds, and the director zhì A 007 movie originally scheduled to shoot in August this year had to be postponed.
There are many, many such examples.
Because of this, Lin Yuquan will do everything personally before the final inspection work before each shooting, and implement this rigorous style to the entire crew, he can forgive the technical and performance substandard, but he must not tolerate the mistakes caused by carelessness, and the technical and performance substandard can be reshot, but a careless mistake is very likely to cause irreparable consequences.
"The position of the No. 3 light is a little off, and the other light is brighter, well, almost, that's all."
Gradually, Lin Yuquan showed a satisfied smile on his face, and then walked over to watch the movie start of Chris. Anderson's side.
"The facilities in this studio are good, and we should build our own studio."
"Studio, this is not a small investment." Chris. Anders frowned.
"It's going to be expensive, but it's absolutely necessary and well worth it." Lin Yuquan said with a firm look in his eyes.
Almost every director hopes to have a modern studio of their own, live shooting is good, some scenes are also studio shooting can not be realized, but live shooting is inevitably restricted by the environment, film shooting is naturally not just a random place, there are many factors to consider when actually shooting, such as camera positioning, light, shooting angle, weather and so on.
If it is a location that can be used directly for filming, of course, it is the best, and the director can shoot the effect he wants lightly. But what about scenarios that can't be used directly? Transformation, easy to say, take the most common encounter of insufficient space, the lens angle is affected, blocked by stones and trees in the wilderness, it is nothing more than moving the stones away, cutting down the trees, which is really easy.
But what if you're shooting in the city and you're blocked by a skyscraper? Can you still tear down the skyscrapers and move them away?
Studio shooting is different, it is not restricted by time, season and light conditions, can work around the clock, very efficient, and carefully built studio can create better shooting conditions, lighting, temperature, scenery, all according to the situation of the film. It can also help actors get into the shooting state more easily. The final result is not inferior to the actual location shooting. Even because the studio conditions are controllable, it is possible to shoot effects that cannot be filmed under location conditions.
Being able to control the shooting situation is naturally very happy for the directors, and the studio has rich effects, and the shooting of many scenes can be completed without the crew transitioning, which saves a lot of shooting time and production costs.
"With our own studio, we were able to create better shooting conditions and make our films more perfect. What's more, the films we shoot every year in the future are not one or two, and we shoot in our own studio, and we can save a lot of money just by renting the venue, so it is better to build it ourselves than to pay others. Lin Yuquan said with a smile, isn't it just to make it more convenient for him to build a Shuguang film and television base in China and a studio in Kyoto? When he arrives in Hollywood, of course, he is ready to do the same.
Chris. Anderson nodded, he didn't know the benefits of building a studio, not to mention that shooting in the studio is much cheaper than shooting on location, and it can also create better shooting conditions. To improve the quality of movies, Summit Entertainment wants to become a movie giant like Paramount and Warner Bros. You need to have a studio like this.
"Boss, what do you need me to do?"
"You immediately start to make a studio construction plan, I will look at it first, the plan is feasible, and we will start from the studio where we filmed "Wild Story: The Rise of the Ape Clan" to build our own studio for Summit Entertainment." Lin Yuquan said unhurriedly.
"Okay, boss, I'll do it right away."
After the decision was made to build a sound stage, Chris . Anderson didn't have the heart to stay and watch "Hurricane Rescue" start filming, so he immediately returned to the company and convened the heads of various departments of the company to discuss.
"It's really urgent!" Look at Chris. Anderson's back left in a hurry, Lin Yuquan shook his head, and he didn't want to think about who wanted to build a studio on a whim.
"Boss, it's okay." A crew member ran over and said that although Lin Yuquan is the director, he is also the boss of Summit Entertainment, and the crew prefers to call him boss compared to the director's title, and he doesn't care much about this.
"Well, hard work." Lin Yuquan said with a pleasant face.
"Then I'll inform the actor right away." The staff said in a cheerful mood, subordinates, it is always easy to be impressed by the good attitude of the boss.
"No, you're busy, I'll see for myself." Lin Yuquan shook his head and walked towards the dressing room where the actors were staying.
There are not many actors in the dressing room, like Stallone, Schwarzenegger and others, of course, it is impossible to stay in the crew all the time, they will come to the crew when it is their turn. Columbus's agreement, Lin Yuquan first filmed Christine. Stewart's role.
"Hey, Christine, yo, that's good!" Lin Yuquan looked at Christine with a smile. Stuart's makeup and dress up at this time Christine. Stuart wore thick smoky eye makeup, fluffy hair draped casually over his shoulders, a black kaftan on the upper body, floral plaid trousers underneath, and a pair of canvas shoes under his feet. This is very much in line with her identity in "Hurricane Rescue", because Kate's identity is a music-loving high school student with a somewhat rebellious personality.
Kristen. Stewart smiled, revealing a completely different beauty than usual.
"Goodjob, thank you for your hard work." Lin Yuquan is responsible for Christine. Said Stewart's makeup artist.
"As long as you're satisfied, boss." To Christine. Stewart's make-up style was done by a middle-aged blonde woman, who said with a smile.
Lin Yuquan then looked at the situation of the other actors, he was not a real art director, compared to "Red Cliff" and "Painted Skin", in terms of costumes, props, and scenes, he had no cultivator's memory to learn from, so he completely handed over the relevant work to Danti. Ferretti was in charge that he had only made a few suggestions on the basis of the idea on the side, and now it seems that the result was undoubtedly very satisfactory by Danti. The service department led by Ferreti worked very hard and fulfilled his requirements for film shooting.
"Christine, it's filming, let's go out!" Lin Yuquan said with a smile, and Christine. Stewart walked out of the dressing room, giving her a play as he went.
Ten minutes later, a qiē was ready.
The set inside the studio was set up as an interior set for an average American home. The first scene was filmed after Tang Feng's adoptive parents died in an accidental car accident. Tang Feng left CBI and returned to Houston to take care of his sister Kate. It was Kate's birthday, and Tang Feng prepared a delicious breakfast early in the morning, but Kate was very cold.
At this time, Lin Yuquan was standing in the kitchen of the studio, his eyes swept over the staff around him, and then looked at the very warm set of the set, which was his first Hollywood movie, and slowly closed his eyes at the same time. He took a deep breath and suddenly opened his eyes, with a calm and determined light in his eyes, to the assistant director Brody who was sitting in front of the monitor screen. Jenner nodded.
Brody. Jenner nodded in understanding, his arms raised in the air, accompanied by a "Ready, action!" The shout was waved down vigorously.
The camera pans over the furnished hall, the vase, the TV, the mural, the sofa, and then the dining table, on which a few beautiful breakfast dishes are placed. Moving further into the kitchen, the first thing that appears on the monitor screen is a sleek stainless steel nonstick pan. The pot was hot oil, and a fair, calm and powerful hand appeared, knocking down the eggs, and in the oil and eggs in the pot meeting the sizzling, the camera moved up and zoomed in, and a young and handsome man's face appeared, with a pleasant smile on his face, and a song in his mouth, when the eggs were fried and served on a snow-white porcelain plate, the young man's smile became extremely satisfied.
This warm scene highlights the image of a good brother who takes care of his sister.
"Cut, next shot." There was not much rest, and it was also two or three minutes after Brody. Jenner's voice rang out again: "All in place, action!" ”
Another set of shots moved to the door of the bedroom room, where a beautiful girl with thick smoky eye makeup and fluffy hair draped over her shoulders pushed the door out with a handbag, revealing a rebellious temperament, the beautiful girl came to the living room and saw the breakfast on the dining table at a glance, but there was no happy expression on her face, but she looked extremely indifferent.
At this time, the figure of a young man appeared in the camera, holding two plates each containing an omelette in his hands, and when he saw the beautiful girl, a happy smile appeared on his face: "Hey, Kate, this morning's breakfast is very rich, you have to eat more." ”
The beautiful girl didn't answer, put the handbag on the sofa next to her, sat down at the table indifferently, and ate expressionlessly, not at all able to tell whether the breakfast was delicious or unpalatable.
The young man smiled and watched the beautiful girl eat with a happy expression on his face.
"Kate, what birthday present do you want?" The young man asked with a smile, it turned out that today was the birthday of the beautiful girl.
"Whatever." The beautiful girl said without raising her head.
"It's not good, if I pick it, you may not like it." The young man said.
"It's okay." Beautiful girls don't care about the way.
"Well, I'll try to pick one you like, come back early in the evening, and I'll prepare a big meal." The young man smiled.
"No, I'll have my birthday with my friends in the evening." The beautiful girl still said with a blank face.
"Spend it with your friends, oh, that's how it should be, why don't you just do a birthday party at home, I'll prepare food for you, you know my cooking skills, you won't disappoint your friends, and at home, you can have more fun." The young man said hurriedly.
After some persuasion, the beautiful girl finally agreed, and after sending the beautiful girl out, the young man looked at a family photo hanging in the house and sighed.
At this time, Brody. Jenner's voice also rang out on the set.
"Cut, take a 10-minute break, prepare the ingredients for the dishes, and shoot the next one."
"Hey Christine, the table just now is great!" Lin Yuquan smiled at Christine. Stewart gave a thumbs up.
"Thank you, director, your performance just now is also very good." Kristen. Stewart smiled.
"You praise me so much, I have to thank you, figure out the script carefully, and after filming my next scene, I will continue to shoot your scene." Lin Yuquan had a smile in his eyes.
"Okay." Kristen. Stuart nodded, looked straight at him with Shui Lingling's big eyes, and asked with great curiosity: "Director, do you really need a stand-in and cook your own food later?" ”
"Don't believe it, my cooking skills are pretty good! You'll find out later. Lin Yuquan said with a smile.
and Christine. Stewart chatted a few words, and he walked over to the monitor screen.
"Hey, Brody, is there anything wrong with the footage?"
"No, it's a good shot, boss, you can confirm it yourself." Brody. Jenner grinned and got up to get out of the way.
Lin Yuquan sat down, carefully watched the picture just taken, and quickly smiled: "Well, it's really no problem." ”
"Boss, the ingredients for the dish are ready." A staff member ran over and said.
"Okay, good work, Brody, let's go check it out!" Lin Yuquan said.
Ten minutes flew by, and the next scene was Tang Feng preparing food for Kate's birthday party, including a scene where Tang Feng showed off his cooking skills in the kitchen, usually with special effects or a clever chef as a stand-in.
Lin Yuquan is very confident in his cooking skills, especially his knife skills, so he decided to come by himself, this time he will not only cook Western food, but also a few Chinese dishes, to be exact, a few Sichuan dishes, not to promote Chinese culture, purely because he is the best at it.
When Lin Yuquan held a kitchen knife in his right hand and pressed a piece of beef in his left hand, many people in the studio pinched Lin Yuquan's cold sweat, no one knew what Lin Yuquan's cooking skills were, and no one knew why Lin Yuquan insisted on making it himself and didn't need a stand-in.
Lin Yuquan smiled confidently and followed towards Brody. Jenner.
"All departments prepare, listen to my command, action!"
With Brody. Jenner's voice sounded, the knife in Lin Yuquan's hand seemed to turn into white light, and the rhythmic sound of chopping vegetables also sounded.
"Wow." Everyone in the studio looked at Lin Yuquan in amazement, at the knife in his hand, and at the piece of beef under his knife.
In the past, the dazzling knife work in film and television dramas, such as "The Full Banquet of the Manchu Dynasty", "God of Food", and "The Little Master of China", after the processing of special effects, the knife work is fast and beautiful, but there is no such shocking feeling, because everyone knows that it is fake, but now the extremely dazzling knife work is happening right under the nose, and the kind of realism in it cannot be done with special effects, how can it not be shocking.
“cut。” Brody. Jenner's hurried voice suddenly sounded in the studio.
"What's the matter, is there a problem with my shooting?" Lin Yuquan stopped and looked at him.
"Huh." Brody. Jenner smiled wryly: "I'm sorry, boss, I was so shocked just now, everyone forgot to shoot." ”
Under Lin Yuquan's gaze, all the crew members in charge of filming smiled awkwardly.
"Okay, shoot it again, this time you must shoot it well, otherwise there will be no beef as props later." Lin Yuquan smiled.
This little episode did not have any impact on the filming, and due to Lin Yuquan's excellent knife skills and cooking skills, the cooking scene was completed very smoothly.
Time goes by day and Christine. Stewart quickly completed most of his role, leaving the crew for a while to report to the "Twilight" crew. (To be continued......) R1292